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Games like PONE

Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to PONE for fans of action, adventure, early access, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in PONE also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About PONE: A co-op survival horror game where you and your closest friends must work together to survive in an upside down world crawling with the infected.

2025ActionAdventureEarly Access7.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Graggl
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Bunker Invaders — Steam game cover

    Bunker Invaders

    Top pick for PONE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PONE.

    A co-op horror game where you must scavenge for loot and maintain the bunker to keep it standing

    2024ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Sketchy's Contract — Steam game cover

    Sketchy's Contract

    Second-strongest match for PONE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PONE.

    A 1-8 player co-op sci-fi looter horror game that takes place on a mysterious asteroid belt where players must complete contracts by traveling to exotic planets to kill creatures, find loot, and/or farm planetary materials that they must return to an ominous figure named Sketchy.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    MIMESIS — Steam game cover

    MIMESIS

    Third-strongest match for PONE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PONE.

    4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Backrooms: Extractions — Steam game cover

    Backrooms: Extractions

    Ranked #4 for PONE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with PONE.

    Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.

    2025ActionIndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Lethal Company — Steam game cover

    Lethal Company

    Ranked #5 for PONE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PONE.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    PILGRIM — Steam game cover

    PILGRIM

    Ranked #6 for PONE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PONE.

    Pilgrim is a medieval-based, co-op horror, adventure. Can you and your friends make it to the end of The Road?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Murky Divers — Steam game cover

    Murky Divers

    Ranked #7 for PONE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PONE.

    Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Nuclear Nightmare — Steam game cover

    Nuclear Nightmare

    Ranked #8 for PONE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PONE.

    Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about PONE

Does PONE run on Steam Deck?
PONE is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does PONE cost?
PONE is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does PONE have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — PONE supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to PONE?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PONE are Bunker Invaders, Sketchy's Contract, MIMESIS.
Who developed PONE?
PONE was developed by Graggl.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on PONE.

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